Tarantino Movies and Hollywood 1969

I just gave Once Upon a Time in Hollywood another whirl, and it's such a love letter to the 60s aesthetic, hippies, Manson shit, drugs, real estate, stunts, filmmaking, spaghetti westerns, and all kinds of other necessary shit for a good period piece.

I feel that Tarantino must have a blast making these movies. Most producers give him free reign to do whatever he wants, so he basically just rambles through character development and dialogue for a chunk of his movies, then gets violent with things.

In this movie, there were a lot of fake movies being made and shown on tv. The look and tone of these movies and shows is pretty spot-on. Tarantino is a man who likes to acknowledge his influences, and there's a lot of nods in this movie. To all sorts of things.

I happen to think that the Bruce Lee controversy is bullshit. They're presenting Bruce as an egotistical knob, but there are also times where he's genuine. Plus, as the ending shows, this movie isn't true. Also, who cares. It was funny.


These kinds of movies are all about attention to detail. Sure, they can deviate from the detail, but they at least need to initiate it properly to give the movie an authentic vibe, but this one felt pretty 60s to me. At almost 3 hours long, this movie just isn't long enough.